Obesity is associated with insulin resistance and components of the metabolic syndrome in Lebanese adolescents

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-128

  Nasreddine, Lara ^a   Naja, Farah ^a   Tabet, Maya ^a   Habbal, Mohammad Zuheir ^a   El Aily, Aida ^a   Haikal, Chrystel ^a   Sidani, Samira ^a   Adra, Nada ^a   Hwalla, Nahla ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Adolescents; BMI; Body fat; Insulin resistance; Lebanon; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENCE; BODY MASS; DIABETES; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH RISK; HORMONE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; X-RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEBANON; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEBANON; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

LEBANON;

EID: 84856850595     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2012.655776     Document Type: Article

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